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The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 4

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The Morning Calli
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FOURTH NIN NO. 26,581 ALLENTOWN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1972 Ten Cents U. S. Jets Accidentally Hit Troops Driving MOR GALL man win jm ii ii unjui 1 mm w. wk S.

Vietnam 4: i -1- illlBilililllk, Tri To Recapture Quang SAIGON (AP) Government paratroopers penetrated the city limits of Quang Tri City on Tuesday, but the success of their northern counteroffensive was marred by an accidental U.S. air attack that killed 11 South Vietnamese marines and wounded 30. appears to be pulling back, but we're encountering resistance from nearly every treeline, every village "If they decide to put all their people in Quang Tri and stand and fight, it's going to be rough," he said. North Vietnamese troops to the rear of the advancing forces kept up pressure on the western defenses of Hue, 30 miles southeast, and shelled the former imperial capital for the third day in a row. Four 122mm artillery rounds crashed into the city and military spokesmen in Saigon said three civilians were killed and seven wounded.

About 1,000 more shells Allied sources said several namese casualties at seven killed and 17 wounded. Far to the south, a major battle was reported at Kompong Rau in the Parrot's Beak area of Cambodia. South Vietnamese spokesmen reported 123 enemy killed at a cost of 18 government troops killed and 56 wounded. Saigon also claimed 59 enemy were killed along Highway 13 north of the capital and 100 more by air strikes in a new battle area around Phuoc Binh, a district town 75 miles to the northeast. Field reports said five South Vietnamese air force helicopters were hit by enemy fire near Phuoc Binh.

In the air war over North Vietnam, the U.S. Command reported, more than 270 fighter-bomber strikes were flown hundred airborne troops staged a lightning assault against ene planes was captured in Ha Tinh Province. The U.S. Command did not announce any losses but reported B52 bombers dropped about 450 tons of explosives on supply depots in the buffer zone and up to 94 miles northwest. Fifty-one of the Stratofortresses pounded targets in Quang Tri Province and west of Hue.

In a delayed report, three U.S. Navy destroyers operating off North Vietnam said they sighted some barges transporting supplies from freighters that unloaded offshore Friday night. The naval ships opened fire and reported they destroyed or damaged five barges. The North Vietnamese have been reported using barges to circumvent the U.S. mining of their harbors that has prevented ships bearing supplies from entering port.

my defensive strongholds and set up their own defensive -dis positions at nightfall, a half-mile from the city The government announced two towns in the area were reoc-cupied. The government flag Was raised during the afternoon blasted government positions on at Mai Linh, a district headquarters 1.2 miles southeast of Hue western front and two out IT GOES LIKE THIS Zippy, a 4-year-old chimpanzee, after a bike and skate exhibition in New York's Bryant Park for big city residents who didn't go elsewhere for the holiday weekend, takes time out to explain some of his techniques to 14-month-old Mindy Perilla. (AP) posts were reported attacked by North Vietnamese ground troops. Officials claimed 46 ene above the demilitarized zone. Hanoi claimed two American F4 jets were shot down Monday and the pilot of one of the Quang Tri, but considered within the city limits.

Mai Linh and Hai Lang, six my killed and put South Viet miles southeast of Quang Tri, were tne first of 14 towns that Nation fell during the three-month-old enemy offensive to be recaptured by government forces. Associated Press corre spondent Dennis Neeld reported tnat isouth Vietnamese marines on the eastern flank of the With 196th Birthday government drive were within four miles of the city. Their officers predicted they could be in Quang Tri in a By the Associated Press America wished itself a happy 196th birthday on Tuesday with day if ordered. Elements, of the airborne In a nationally broadcast, live radio address from the Western White House at San Clemente, Nixonsaid Americans should use the occasion of the celebrations rooted in the tradi troops moving up Highway 1 to In New York the country's first official capital, July 4 events included a performance of a play called "The Roots of the Revolution." At least 25 persons died in holiday accidents in Pennsylvania, including 15 in traffic mis. ward Quang Tri encountered the Foreign Minister Vasily V.

Kuz-netsov. For the past two years, the highest-ranking Soviet guest at the reception was the secretary of the Supreme Soviet. The official attendance, however, remained below the level of that in the Khrushchev era when the premier and Commu first bunkers in what was be Related Story on Page 5 Editorial on Page 14 lieved to be a heavy line of forti tions of the past. President Nixon looked ahead a bit four years to 1976 and the nation's bicentennial. He invited the world to "come and share our dreams of a brighter fications around the city.

Illllllllllipll Mitsift One U.S. airborne adviser. haps. Road deaths totaled more bicentennial to "prove once again that the spirit of '76 is a spirit of openness, of broth- Capt Gail Furrow, 32, of Ur- nist party chief himself attended. than 700 across the nation.

bana, Ohio, said: "The enemy ernood and of peace." The President, chatting brief FIRST CALL ly witn newsmen later, also indi Parley cated he'd been relaxing iust Protesters Stage like millions of his countrymen. Dressed in red or at least maroon white and blue, Nixon sported a slight sunburn and said he'd been swimming every Mock Rites for Hijacker The Soviet government, ap MIAMI BEACH (AP) parently reflecting improved re groups, left quietly after police refused to let them place a 3 by 5-foot piece of plywood strewn with hibiscus flowers in a canal McGovern of South Dakota, who has forged to the front of the Democratic presidential race with little help from the normally influential leaders of orga Youthful protesters conducted a mock funeral for a slain Vietnamese hijacker outside the site of next week's Democratic convention here Tuesday while the Related Stories on Page 8 nized labor, picked up the sup lations after Nixon's visit, sent more and higher-ranking officials to the Fourth of July reception at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The highest-ranking Soviet guest at Ambassador Jacob Beam's garden party was Deputy Premier Vladimir A. Kirillin.

He was accompanied by two Cabinet ministers and Deputy court battle over the bitter California and Illinois credentials as part of the funeral for Nguyen Thai Binh. He was slain in cases moved to the U.S. Anneals Saigon Sunday while trying to Court in Washington. 'What a pity there isn't, an election every hijack an American jetliner. About 40 demonstrators, rep- port ot a union cnieftain who formerly backed Sen.

Edmund S. Muskie. Jerry Wurf, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes, said in Washington he would urge delegates, including 25 who are members of his union, to resenting several protest Meanwhile, Sen. George Youngest Postwar Premier back McGovern. Supergirls Cindy Caswell and Kasey Allen pose with client.

(AP) ra Call Smpeirgflfl, Eime. A second union leader, United Auto Workers President Leon Maverick Picked to Lead Japan ard Woodcock, said in Detroit Tuesday he could "gladly endorse" either McGovern or Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey if nomina majority of 239 of the 476 party delegates voting. Four ballots TOKYO (AP) The ruling Libera 1-Democratic party Wednesday elected Kakuei Tan-j ted, but he said this did not were declared invalid.

amount to an endorsement. McGovern spent the Indepen aka, 54, its president and. new prime minister of Japan in a Tanaka currently is minister of international trade and indus dence Day holiday at his farm on Maryland Eastern shore. break with past policies of de try. Sen.

Humphrey of Minnesota, pendence on the United States one of his chief rivals for the Former Foreign Ministers nomination, was at his lakeside on Sato and his government, Tanaka is considered more acceptable to Peking. How well he succeeds will determine the fortunes of the conservatives who have, governed Japan since the end of the war. Tanaka faces a lower house election either late this year or early next year that will determine whether the people support continued LDP rule. The one-day party convention has as its ostensible primary business the election of a new party president; in fact, the president automatically becomes the prime minister. Takeo Miki and Masayoshi Oh- home in Waverly, Minn.

MIAMI BEACH (AP) -Three Miami area escort services, offering shapely girls-" for-hire in 14 languages, report a bustling business as thousands of visitors hit town for next week's Democratic National Convention. "We're extensively tied up with some high officials," said former lifeguard Steve Ac-cardi, who operates Sunshine Girls, Inc. "We'll provide some special girls for some major people." Fees for escorts range from $45 for a six-hour date to $185 for a 24-hour assignment. All three operations require customers to sign behavior agreements; and all three contend they have firm rules against prostitution-type activities by employes. 1 "We've fought to overcome the gigolo image," said divorcee Betty Scharl, who is co-owner of Rent-A-Bird, Inc.

"Birds are allowed in public places only. No heavy drinking is permitted." Supergirl, asks the steepest fee, $60 for four hours. Dana March, head of ira were eliminated on the first The candidates and most of ballot and threw their support to Tanaka. The voting on the first and aloofness toward China. Tanaka, whornade his way in politics as a maverick in the establishment, defeated a protege of retiring Prime Minister Eis-aku Sato, Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, 67, on the second ballot of the party convention by 282-190 votes.

Tanaka needed a the delegates to next week's convention won't reach this sweltering beach resort until later this week, but Democratic party officials are already on round was Tanaka, 156; Fukuda, 150; Ohira, 101; Miki, 69. The Diet, Japan's parliament, KAKUEI TANAKA will confirm Tanaka Thursday for a three-year term as prime Continued on Page 2, Column 5 minister. He will be Japan's youngest prime minister since the war. It 1 Hi Tanaka overcame the handicaps of poverty, a scanty education Ii and lack of social position to fight his way to the top of the Japanese political heap. the firm, said, "We cater only to top executives.

All our girls speak a second language. We can offer anything from 'Yiddish to Gypsy." Mrs. Scharl and ex-optician Alan Budd have operated Rent-A-Bird for four years. Their promotion literature claims thorough client checkouts and rules-following. Accardi has the names of 300 women in his Sunshine Girl files.

They use false last names. Supergirls use their real names and Rent-A-Birds use fictitious names entirely. Rent-A-Bird refuses to divulge its but a slim, attractive brunette named Gail manages to wheel around in a black and white Cadillac Eldorado. Gail said some assignments have been as innocent as guiding a busload of senior citizens to Miami tourist attractions. Rent-A-Bird and Supergirl also offer male escorts.

They're called Rent-A-Gent and Superguy, but business is much slower for the boys, who are usually hired as drivers or bodyguards. Supergirl says 90 per cent of its clients are executives in the 3545 age range. About 30 per cent are from Latin America. Cindy Caswell, 23, is an ex-ski instructor from Bradford, N.H., who says: "Up in the woods, you don't hear about things like this." Kasey Allen, 22, a blonde from Houston who "got restless in Texas" and got into touch with Supergirl through a newspaper ad. said, "It's a great way to see the world, to dine in luxury and meet some interesting men and get paid for it." Ebullient and ruggedly hand- some, he is a sharp contrast to his opponent, Fukuda, a longtime bureaucrat born into wealth.

Though the general electorate had no hand in the voting, popu Inside The Gall Fischer's Ready to Play, So Spassky Stages Tantrum to Delay Chess Match 2 Special Edition News Today Pages 5, 18, 19 Model Minnesota Demo Delegation a 31ix of Old and New Politics Page 8 NAACP Adopts Resolution Condemning President Nixon for Antibusing Views 8 Finance Minister Resigns From Shaky Bonn Coalition Government Page 10 North and South Korea Open Direct Phone Link Between Capitals 11 The Weather Fair This Morning, Rain Likely in Afternoon; or Details, See 5 Bridge 46 Family 20-23 Sulzberger 14 Classified 57-65 Financial 57 Television 48 Comics 48, 49 jjtrick. ..14 Theaters 47 Porter 49 TRB 14 deaths 6, 24, 58 Sports TV Keynotes '48 Editorial 14 Storch 14 Wilson 46 Scond Class Postage Paid at Allentowo, Pi. lsies lar opinion favored Tanaka as the man most likely to carry out an independent foreign policy, ease relations with the United States and seek closer ties possibly ending in diplomatic recognition with Peking. Though Fukuda said he would give priority to Chinese and U.S. relations, his close ties to Sato and his generally cautious policies worked against him.

Also, in view of bitter Chinese attacks -4 Worth Repeating He who loves not his country, can love nothing. Lord Georga Byron OLYMPICS TRYOUTS? Despite the evidence, Rosabelle Brown and Ann Watson are not seeking Olympic team broad-jumping berths. Their efforts are aimed at clearing a Rochester puddle. (AP).

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